Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How we gamified electronic music production launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Soundation▲76

   Fun electronica creation for everyone

   2014 · soundation.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Blend▲113

   Collaborate w/ musicians & producers to make music together

   2014 · blend.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Hidden Layer▲119

   Interviews with musicians about their creative processes

   2017 · hiddenlayer.co · its alternatives →

4. 4NM
   Next music production by communicating with AI▲5

   2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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   Mubert▲183

   Electronic music generated in real-time just for you

   2016 · mubert.com · its alternatives →

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   SoundBrush▲73

   Turn drawings into music

   2014 · getsoundbrush.com · its alternatives →

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   Musikcube▲107

   A fully functional terminal-based music player

   2017 · musikcube.com · its alternatives →

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   KRFT 1.5.0▲110

   A modular instrument for music production

   2017 · studioamplify.com · its alternatives →

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   Ableton: Making Music▲124

   A book of creative strategies for electronic music producers

   2015 · makingmusic.ableton.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    BumpOut▲74

    Revolutionizing Portable Audio.

    2016 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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    The Artist Hunt▲108

    An intuitive way to discover music

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Elly▲66

    The new way to shuffle music

    2015 · ellybi.com · its alternatives →

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    Fanify▲116

    The virtual stage letting musicians livestream and monetize

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Beep▲73

    Bringing Music To Every Room

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Happy Shrimp▲92

    Alibaba's AI music generator for turning ideas into songs

    Aug 2026 · happyshrimp.ai · its alternatives →

16. 16CM
    Customizable music loops for videos, games, podcasts▲8

    2019 · studio.awsm.st · its alternatives →

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    Soound▲82

    Crowdsourcing platform for the music industry

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Eyegroove▲71

    Reimagines how people interact and engage with music

    2014 · eyegroove.com · its alternatives →

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    Band Blocks, visual music programming▲8

    2017 · marianoguerra.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Closeup▲68

    Real Music In Real Life

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    An open source music grid you can play around and create short music▲9

    2020 · music-grid.surge.sh · its alternatives →

22. 22OS
    Open-Source Music Streams Made with Loops and Randomness▲9

    2020 · celody.com · its alternatives →

23. 23DS
    deepsing – See music – create machine generated visual stories of songs▲7

    2020 · deepsing.com · its alternatives →

24. 24BA
    BandFu, an experimental audio playground▲5

    2013 · bandfu.com · its alternatives →

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